Simon (‘Si’) Willmore
Travel journalist, author and editor
Award-winning journalist with 15 years of experience, and the youngest-ever chairman of the British Guild of Travel Writers
Current projects
What am I slogging away at right now?
Bradt Guides
Digital Manager, August 2019 – Present
Leading the redesign of the bradtguides.com website; managing all aspects of the website design and functionality including project managing with third-party developers to customise an ONIX plugin for content import.
British Guild of Travel Writers
Chairman, Jan 2019– Present
Board member, Jan 2017– Jan 2019
Head of Social Media and and a Board Member for the UK’s leading organisation for travel media professionals.
Rough Guides
Contributing Author, May 2014 – Present
Research and write-up for:
Rough Guide to Malaysia (Sep 2018), Rough Guide to India, (Sep 2016), Rough Guide to France, (Mar 2016), Rough Guide to Spain (Mar 2015)
Previous work
Who’s been lucky enough to work with me in the past
Editorial Director, Travel Daily Media, Bangkok , Thailand
January 2018 – August 2019
Editorial work including chasing stories, proofreading and publishing; online publication and email distribution; reporting from conferences and events; and reviewing venues.
Editor, TEG Digital Publishing Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Jan 2016 – July 2017
Building an editorial team in the office as well as commissioning freelancers, in order to grow ExpatGo.com and EatDrink.my. These sites are inside the top 800 websites globally for readers in Malaysia, bringing in 500,000 monthly users between them
Head of Content, Lion & Lion, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
January 2014 – April 2015
Team management, editorial quality control and business improvement at a fast-growing online marketing and creative agency.
Freelance Contributor, Absolute Publishing Ltd
May 2011 – June 2014
Publications include: ABTA Magazine, National Geographic Traveller, Welcome to London, Destination Vacation, Spa Secrets and national newspaper supplements
Senior Content Manager, Groupon UK & IE
February 2011 – December 2013
Fielding requests for edits to the Groupon website and newsletters for the UK and Ireland branches of the fastest growing company in the world. Management and development roles in order to streamline the day to day processes in the role.
Experience
I have written for regional newspapers, national magazines and international guide books and have extensive experience with online publishing, use and development of CMS, social media and digital marketing.
Qualifications
- MEng in Civil and Environmental Engineering with a Year In Europe (France) from Imperial College London
- Post-Graduate Diploma (PGDip) with Merit from the London School of Journalism
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